imparidigitate

English

Etymology

From Latin impar (“unequal”) + digitus (“finger”).

Adjective

imparidigitate (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Having an odd number of fingers or toes.

   The horse, tapir, and rhinoceros are imparidigitate.

   • 1864, James Dwight Dana, The Classification of Animals Based on the Principle of Cephalization:

     Thus the Hog-group paridigitatestands below the Tapir - group (imparidigitate)

References

“imparidigitate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Adjective

imparidigitate

1. feminine plural of imparidigitato